http://maddennfl.easports.com/blog.action?blogId=GameFlowandStrategyPad


We do believe that this change is for the better, and that in the long run it delivers a much more positive experience to the gamers that are willing to try and adapt. Due to the overwhelming feedback however, we will be providing the old-style button commands as an option that can be enabled. We are currently targeting this change to be released around the first week of the NFL season as it will take some time to get through third party approvals. So now that it's out of the way, let's all try to sit back and have some fun with Madden NFL 11...after all, football season is almost here!

- Ian Cummings
Creative Director
www.twitter.com/ian_cummings


Thanks to WestFo3 for pointing this out!!


Week 1 of Pre-Season is August 12-16
Week 1 of Regular Season is September 9-13











By the way, he says that there were 2 billion "defensive hot route context states." Nearly 50% of them never entered a hot route.
I'm guessing a defensive hot route context state could be pressing R2 to view your play.. I bet it could be put into the game incorrectly & they actually count how many times you view your play with R2 because 50% just press a button and do nothing else? It doesn't account for quick snapping either.. I would bet a majority of those were people trying to set an audible then get quick snapped..

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank god

what about online will it be old style or the new one

probably optional as well

i guess im not going to be playing online or in any local tourneys til this thang is patched....

a month long lab session YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

are they gonna be able to patch this offline?

You'll need to connect to the internet to get the patch, but it should work for both offline and online.



Bronco, the new layout isn't set up for people that make a lot of adjustments.. aka most "hardcore" madden players. Specifically people that use nanos.
The new layout requires you to move your thumb off of the left stick to the D-pad for every adjustment.. You have to activate and select if you want to hot route or move the DL.. I make about 3 or 4 adjustments per a play, and definitely more than that on setups like the GL D. So you are moving your thumb off of the left stick to the D-pad every hot route.. That is BAD.

Moving your thumb off of the LS to the D-pad takes more time than pressing X and moving the left stick to the right.


I don't really buy the argument that it is actually hazardous to your health.. ala http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thAw2u9Y85k

personally i really didnt complain, but im so glad others did

It should have been optional from the start. Ian said himself the main reason for the change was people getting "stuck" in the menu... which personally has never ONCE happened to me... probably none of you either.

There was no good reason to not make it optional, and that is why the big uproar. EA making the change was not "buckling" as you say bronco, its listening to your customers, and that's smart business.

great now ppl can set up nanos quickly again

Heh datno, most people on this site set up nanos. It's honestly the only way to keep up with other top players. You have to nano.